I had been suffering with a sore throat and had barely any voice all week so when my neighbour popped round at 7.10pm to say she had just been given 2 complimentary tickets to see Elton John and would I like to go with her, oh and by the way the performance started in less than an hour's time, I hesitated, really I should have a quiet night in, I wouldn't be able to sing along (probably a good thing!) but Papa T looked at me and said "say yes, you will regret it if you don't", so true, so I said yes and hugged dear JB.
It was JB who had put a card under our door the day we moved into our apartment, welcoming us to the condo, inviting us to pop round if we needed anything and at the bottom put her name, her husband's and teenage son's name and age (13yrs) and added in brackets- UK. such a nice surprise in a new place.
JB has also been instrumental in getting several other condo residents to know each other and set up a Facebook group where we can exchange useful information, arrange outings together to explore Singapore and most importantly arrange to meet up for coffee, cake and chat.
Anyway back to Elton. Both JB and I rushed to make supper for our families, eat it, get changed and get to the concert venue within 40 minutes, perhaps not as hard as it sounds as the concert was being held in the Star Theatre which is just over the road from our condo-very convenient!
Elton and his band played without a break for 2 and half hours. They played hit after hit, I was stunned when Elton said that his album Yellow Brick Road had been released 40 years ago this year. How time flies!
At the start of the show Elton said he was 'full of cold' and apologised for his voice, this plus the change in his voice from just being older meant that he sounded a little different but he was still amazing and gave a great performance. His band were also brilliant, the drummer Nigel Olsson has been with Elton since the 1970's and gave a very energetic performance. Sadly, or maybe thankfully, due to my poor voice I could not sing along but I mimed very happily.
I felt very lucky to have had this surprise opportunity and also to have live next door to such a lovely neighbour-thanks JB
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